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Gains in one type of disruption force are offset by losses in another
Credit: Photo collage by Elle Starkman Doughnut-shaped tokamaks -- facilities designed to reproduce the fusion energy that powers the sun...
Decision-making process becomes visible in the brain
Transparent fish larvae reveal how a decision makes its way through the brainCredit: MPIN / Julia Kuhl Without hardly noticing,...
Scientists reveal the structure of viral rhodopsins
Credit: Dmitry Bratanov et al./Nature Communications The structure of an Organic Lake Phycodnavirus rhodopsin II (OLPVRII), which is a unique...
novel bednet design improves safety, affordability and lethality to resistant mosquitoes
The Barrier Bednet -- a unique bednet design that improves safety, cost effectiveness and lethality to insecticide resistant mosquitoesCredit: Lissenden/LSTM...
Will cryogenically freezing yourself and coming back to life ever be reality? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2019 -- When you die, many things can be done with your...
Tiny woodlands are more important than previously thought
Credit: Photo: Pieter De Frenne Small woodlands in farmland have more benefits for humans per area, compared to large forests...
A close look at a sticky situation
New research finds missing link between soft surface adhesion and surface roughnessCredit: University of Akron College of Polymer Science and...
Cats’ faces hard to read, except for ‘cat whisperers,’ research finds
Cats have a reputation for being hard to read, but new research from the University of Guelph has found that...
Kelp farming on the west coast — Environmentally friendly aquaculture
Credit: Wouter Visch There is a growing interest of the cultivation of macro algae. A new dissertation studies the best...
Deep learning identifies molecular patterns of cancer
Credit: Akalin lab, MDC A new deep-learning algorithm can quickly and accurately analyze several types of genomic data from colorectal...
Australian GPs widely offering placebos, new study finds
Active and inactive alternatives offered to patientsCredit: University of Sydney Most Australian GPs have used a placebo in practice at...
EMBL and Leica sign open innovation collaboration agreement
Credit: Massimo del Prete/EMBL EMBL often cooperates with industry partners, and has cooperated successfully with Leica for many years. Based...
Evidence: Antarctica’s thinning ice shelves causing more ice to move from land into sea
Researchers have produced the first physics-based quantifiable evidence that thinning ice shelves in Antarctica are causing more ice to flow...
Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Kammuri’s center obscured
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP or S-NPP satellite passed over the Philippine Sea in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean...
Protein defect leaves sperm chasing their tails
A team led by researchers from Osaka University identify a protein required for electrical signal sensing, which, when defective, causes...
E4 Ecography Award for Ludmilla Figueiredo
Credit: Photo: Robert Emmerich / University of Wuerzburg Calcareous grasslands are dry, nutrient-poor habitats that occur frequently in the north...
Sweet potato uses a single odor to warn its neighbors of insect attack
Odor induces a defense response in sweet potatoes to herbivores and protects other plants against potential invaders.Credit: Anja Meents, Max...
NASA-NOAA satellite analyzes a strengthening Typhoon Kammuri
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-SSEC-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with infrared and nighttime views of Typhoon Kammuri...
Researchers at IRB Barcelona study how altered protein degradation contributes to the development of tumors
Credit: Francisco MartÃnez, IRB Barcelona. To understand the molecular bases of cancer, it is imperative to determine the genetic alterations...
Decades old debate settled: Golgi key to maintenance of molecule-sorting station in cells
New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit:...
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